Abilene police arrest man for stealing cooler and pawning it 30 minutes later

A man on parole for burglary was back in jail Thursday on bonds totaling $125,000 after allegedly stealing a cooler and selling it at a pawn shop.

The 42-year-old suspect was arrested on a search warrant after he was identified on video as taking the cooler out of an attached garage of a residence in the 800 block of Shallow Water Trail. He also was seen on video surveillance at a business pawning the same cooler about 30 minutes later, police said.

During his arrest, the suspect surrendered less than one gram of heroin and admitted to taking the cooler "due to a drug habit," police said.

The suspect is in Taylor County Jail on charges of second-degree felony burglary of a habitation and a state jail felony of possession of a controlled substance.

Other incident reports released by Abilene Police Department Friday included:

Criminal mischief, 500 block of North Judge Ely Boulevard, Thursday

The back window of a vehicle was broken by a pellet gun.

Possession of a controlled substance, 1700 block of North First Street, Thursday

About 8 p.m. a man was pulled over for failing to stop at a red light. A K-9 alerted to narcotics in the vehicle, prompting the officers to search the man and his female passenger. Police said the man had a bag with a residual amount of methamphetamine and the woman had 0.5 grams of meth and a crack pipe. She told police the man handed the drugs and pipe to her to hide. The two adults were arrested, and two children in the vehicle were released to Children's Protective Services.

Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, 800 block of East North 23rd Street, Thursday

A man reported that at about 12:45 p.m. an unknown suspect threatened him with a handgun. The suspect fled before police arrived.

Theft of property, 2000 block of Sayles Boulevard, Thursday

Abilene police identified an abandoned vehicle as having been reported stolen. The registered owners were contacted to pick it up.

A man wanted for a warrant out of Jones County was located by police at a motel with a woman who had a protective order against him. The suspect, who has two previous convictions for violating the order, was taken to jail.